多陀阿伽陀

tathāgata, [lang id =1028]多他阿伽陀 ([lang id =1028]多他阿伽陀耶); [lang id =1028]多他阿伽駄 (or [lang id =1028]多他阿伽度); [lang id =1028]多阿竭 (or [lang id =1028]怛闥阿竭 or [lang id =1028]怛薩阿竭); [lang id =1028]怛他蘗多; intp. by [lang id =1028]如來 (zh) rulai, q. v. 'thus come', or 'so come'; it has distant resemblance to the Messiah, but means one who has arrived according to the norm, one who has attained he goal of enlightenment). It is also intp. as [lang id =1028]如去 Ju-ch'ü, he who so goes, his coming and going being both according to the Buddha-norm. It is the highest of a Buddha's titles.